ROUND TWO
Ishi's eyes bulge, veins stand out on his neck and forehead, as he strains and then bursts free of the
otyugh's spiky tentacle, which have left round gouges in his flesh. With a triumphant yell,
Ishi is no longer grappled.
"Enjoy this moment, you monstrous muck-face!" Eozindra unsettles the
otyugh and then calls a
Bane down onto it.
"It's among the last you shall ever experience!"
Morik transforms into a bear and wades into the slime - his sensitive nose is appalled anew at the stench - but his claws are unable to find purchase on the rubbery, slimy flesh of the monstrosity.
Still grappled,
Elowin calls down the influence of
Lunea, but the
otyugh ignores the goddess.
"No! Bad Otyugh! No tasting!" Elysia shrieks, and then stabs the hideous monster again (
Otyugh takes 18 damage).
"And let go of my companions!"
Adran uses his repeating shot hand crossbow, the mechanism reloading and firing by itself, without needing to be reloaded (
Otyugh takes 9 damage).
Adran's nameless clockwork companion, which some of the party has started calling
Cobalt, jumps into the channel of dung with the others to be close enough to the monster to deflect its attacks when/if it attacks someone adjacent.
The
Otyugh picks up
Elowin and slams her into the stone of the walkway.
Elowin must succeed on a DC14 CON save to take half of the damage (3, not 6) and not be stunned. The
otyugh's thoughts continue to play out in
Elysia's head again: memories of people screaming as they are dismembered and devoured, but the particularly revolting thing is that
Elysia is experiencing this from the
otyugh's perspective. Simultaneously convinced that she'd be tasty and recognizing that she is hurting it more than anyone else, the
otyugh tries to bite
Elysia again, and
Adran uses his reaction to have the
Steel Defender succeeds in Deflecting the attack (I rerolled for DISADV)! The other tentacle flails around, long enough to attempt to attack any other party member: Adran, Cobalt, Ishi, Eozindra, Morik. The tentacle coils around the
Steel Defender (even with the Bane penalty of -2, a 15 hits it).
The Steel Defender takes 8 damage and is grappled/restrained.
OOC:
I forgot to roll the Bane die at first. I didn't roll it for the attack on Elysia, as it couldn't have affected the result, but I did roll it for the attack on the Steel Defender...and it didn't affect the result.
I'll adjust the HP totals below once I see the result of @runkyndig's saving throw for Elowin.
Please declare your actions for round three.
21 - Ishi (18/35)
19 - Eozindra (15/15)
18 - Morik (33/33) Bear (34/34)
16 - Elowin (15/24) grappled and restrained
16 - Elysia (24/24)
10 - Adran (26/26)
10 - Steel Defender (12/20) grappled and restrained
3 - Otyugh